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WBS Weekly, 10-25-15

On April 16, 2015, the American Hockey League anointed Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goaltender Matt Murray as the winner of the Aldege "Baz" Bastien Award for the 2014-15 season, given annually to the AHL’s most outstanding goaltender. In 40 games, Murray allowed only 61 goals, posting a goals-against average of 1.58, a save percentage of 0.941, and 25 victories, of which a record-tying 12 were shutouts. Of these 12 shutouts, three came at the hands of the same team: the Springfield Falcons. In fact, Murray came within 1:11 of recording a season-long shutout against the Falcons. On the season, Murray faced 110 shots against Springfield and stopped 109 of them, for a save percentage of 0.